1987 W2 CORS rankings

Last updated: 2026-10-19T14:20:30.577070+00:00

rank	school	conference	record	win_pct	cors	mov	sos	expected_wins	wins_vs_expected
1	Tennessee	SEC	2-0-0	1	31.65	23.5	8.21	1.85	0.15
2	Miami	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.83	27	8	0.99	0.01
3	UCLA	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.41	33	6.46	0.95	0.05
4	LSU	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.24	14	9.82	0.98	0.02
5	Auburn	SEC	1-0-0	1	26.15	28	4.83	1	0
6	Washington	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	26.15	10	8.99	0.72	0.28
7	Florida State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	26.06	24	5.86	0.9	0.1
8	Alabama	SEC	1-0-0	1	25.89	32	3.62	0.99	0.01
9	Nebraska	Big 8	1-0-0	1	25.77	44	1.34	0.97	0.03
10	Penn State	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.67	26	2.52	0.89	0.11
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0-0	1	25.36	14	6.89	0.85	0.15
12	Pittsburgh	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	25.19	10	8.21	0.75	0.25
13	Wyoming	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.77	14	6.4	0.85	0.15
14	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	24.72	9	4.51	0.9	0.1
15	Oklahoma State	Big 8	1-0-0	1	24.7	11	8.92	0.69	0.31
16	Boston College	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.67	18	2.23	0.82	0.18
17	Washington State	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	24.66	17	10.03	0.78	0.22
18	Hawai'i	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	24.63	44	2.65	1	0
19	Syracuse	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	24.55	14	8.03	0.87	0.13
20	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0-0	1	24.44	28	6.83	1	0
21	North Carolina	ACC	1-0-0	1	24.36	20	2.1	0.89	0.11
22	Oklahoma	Big 8	1-0-0	1	23.97	55	-10	0.98	0.02
23	Georgia	SEC	1-0-0	1	23.96	8	1.85	0.68	0.32
24	East Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.82	18	8.15	0.88	0.12
25	California	Pac-10	1-0-0	1	23.78	42	5.34	1	0
26	Rutgers	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.46	3	3.3	0.7	0.3
27	Temple	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.45	1	6.66	0.55	0.45
28	Clemson	ACC	1-0-0	1	23.34	43	-10	1	0
29	UTEP	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	23.26	31	0.23	1	0
30	West Virginia	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.1	20	1.31	0.99	0.01
31	Memphis	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	23.03	6	9.27	0.75	0.25
32	San José State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	22.64	21	-10	0.99	0.01
33	Utah	Western Athletic	1-0-0	1	22.37	4	4.64	0.61	0.39
34	Baylor	Southwest	1-0-0	1	22.08	10	-10	0.97	0.03
35	South Carolina	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.95	21	-10	0.99	0.01
36	Long Beach State	PCAA	1-0-0	1	21.84	36	-10	0.95	0.05
37	Louisville	FBS Independents	1-0-0	1	21.74	2	3.25	0.53	0.47
38	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	21.3	15	-10	0.79	0.21
39	Duke	ACC	1-0-0	1	21.18	35	-10	0.99	0.01
40	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-0-0	1	20.96	5	-5	0.63	0.37
41	Rice	Southwest	1-0-0	1	19.62	4	-10	0.57	0.43
42	Arizona State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	2.98	0	0	0	0
43	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.62	0	0	0	0
44	Michigan	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	2.6	0	0	0	0
45	Arizona	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	2.46	0	0	0	0
46	Arkansas	Southwest	0-0-0	0	2.44	0	0	0	0
47	Virginia Tech	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.24	0	0	0	0
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-0-0	0	2.1	0	0	0	0
49	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	2.05	0	0	0	0
50	Colorado	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.94	0	0	0	0
51	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	1.83	0	0	0	0
52	Kentucky	SEC	0-0-0	0	1.78	0	0	0	0
53	Iowa	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	1.77	-1	31.32	0.47	-0.47
54	UNLV	PCAA	0-0-0	0	1.76	0	0	0	0
55	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0-0	0	1.61	0	0	0	0
56	Iowa State	Big 8	0-0-0	0	1.57	0	0	0	0
57	Ball State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	1.35	0	0	0	0
58	Army	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	1.21	0	0	0	0
59	Toledo	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	1.15	-1	7.1	0.45	-0.45
60	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.98	0	0	0	0
61	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.97	0	0	0	0
62	Ole Miss	SEC	0-1-0	0	0.97	-6	-0.22	0.25	-0.25
63	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0
64	Navy	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.73	0	0	0	0
65	Oregon	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.69	0	0	0	0
66	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0-0	0	0.51	0	0	0	0
67	Missouri	Big 8	0-0-0	0	0.46	0	0	0	0
68	Fresno State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	0.45	-17	2.9	0.22	-0.22
69	Tulsa	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.43	-11	5.1	0.31	-0.31
70	Stanford	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	0.42	-10	11.12	0.28	-0.28
71	Texas A&M	Southwest	0-1-0	0	0.41	-14	9.91	0.02	-0.02
72	Oregon State	Pac-10	0-0-0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0
73	BYU	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.27	-10	7.87	0.25	-0.25
74	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0-0	0	0.25	0	0	0	0
75	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0-0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0
76	Northern Illinois	FBS Independents	0-0-0	0	0.14	0	0	0	0
77	Houston	Southwest	0-0-0	0	0.12	0	0	0	0
78	Maryland	ACC	0-1-0	0	0.05	-14	4.54	0.13	-0.13
79	Tulane	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	0.04	-2	1.53	0.47	-0.47
80	New Mexico	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	0.03	-4	1.59	0.39	-0.39
81	NC State	ACC	0-1-0	0	-0.02	-18	0.82	0.12	-0.12
82	Kansas	Big 8	0-0-0	0	-0.03	0	0	0	0
83	Cincinnati	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.2	-3	7.55	0.3	-0.3
84	USC	Pac-10	0-1-0	0	-0.3	-14	8.62	0.15	-0.15
85	Air Force	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-0.39	-14	6.67	0.15	-0.15
86	Florida	SEC	0-1-0	0	-0.56	-27	11.83	0.01	-0.01
87	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-0.6	-9	9.07	0.1	-0.1
88	Louisiana	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-0.7	-28	3.08	0	0
89	Texas Tech	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-0.98	-24	10.72	0.1	-0.1
90	Kansas State	Big 8	0-1-0	0	-1.02	-4	-10	0.4	-0.4
91	San Diego State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.07	-33	10.78	0.05	-0.05
92	Virginia	ACC	0-1-0	0	-1.18	-8	8.33	0.32	-0.32
93	Pacific	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-1.29	-42	0.43	0	0
94	Texas	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.37	-28	11.45	0	0
95	TCU	Southwest	0-1-0	0	-1.65	-18	8.79	0.18	-0.18
96	Colorado State	Western Athletic	0-1-0	0	-1.69	-46	31.32	0	0
97	Illinois	Big Ten	0-1-0	0	-1.73	-20	7.35	0.11	-0.11
98	Southern Miss	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-1.76	-32	10.99	0.01	-0.01
99	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.84	-20	2.92	0.01	-0.01
100	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1-0	0	-1.89	-26	11.55	0.11	-0.11
101	Cal State Fullerton	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.12	-44	5.84	0	0
102	New Mexico State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.42	-31	3.21	0	0
103	Akron	FBS Independents	0-1-0	0	-2.52	-5	2.59	0.37	-0.37
104	Utah State	PCAA	0-1-0	0	-2.57	-44	11.44	0.03	-0.03